Mwingi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mwingi?

Mwingi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 679 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mwingi?

The hottest day measured in Mwingi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2011, reaching 34.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mwingi?

The coldest day measured in Mwingi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1970, at 12.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mwingi?

Almost never: Mwingi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Mwingi warmed?

Yes: Mwingi warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mwingi?

The wettest day measured in Mwingi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1986, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mwingi?

The windiest day measured in Mwingi between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2020, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mwingi?

The warmest month in Mwingi is March (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mwingi?

Mwingi receives on average 679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mwingi?

Mwingi gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mwingi (Kenya) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 679 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is March (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Mwingi averages 0 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.

Mwingi has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 11 February 2011) and the coldest 12.3 °C (on 18 September 1970).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

MwingiKitui County

coords: -0.94°, 38.06°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

27.1°C

Average daily low

17.8°C

Annual rainfall

679mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

14.8km/h

Seasonal range

2.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

30 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

127 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.4 °C

Average feels-like low

18.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

21 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.3 °C

11 February 2011

Coldest day

12.3 °C

18 September 1970

Wettest day

140 mm

22 November 1986

Windiest day

25.2 km/h

16 July 2020

Strongest gust

56.2 km/h

31 July 2021

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

8 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

10.3 °C

29 June 1964

Sunniest day

12.0 h

3 January 2005

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.5 °C1 March 2025	15.2 °C6 September 2025	23.1 °C	386 mm	81
2024	34.1 °C22 March 2024	15.5 °C28 June 2024	23.3 °C	485 mm	84
2023	33.3 °C13 October 2023	15.4 °C18 January 2023	22.9 °C	600 mm	74
2022	33.4 °C23 March 2022	14.5 °C18 August 2022	22.8 °C	235 mm	79
2021	33.2 °C27 February 2021	15.1 °C28 August 2021	23.1 °C	391 mm	92
2020	32.9 °C6 October 2020	15.6 °C11 July 2020	23.1 °C	804 mm	60
2019	33.8 °C20 April 2019	15.6 °C23 July 2019	23.4 °C	740 mm	84
2018	33.6 °C26 February 2018	15.3 °C17 July 2018	22.6 °C	856 mm	39
2017	33.4 °C10 October 2017	16.1 °C11 January 2017	23.1 °C	432 mm	68
2016	33.3 °C28 March 2016	15.2 °C15 July 2016	22.7 °C	518 mm	55
2015	33.3 °C13 February 2015	15.3 °C16 June 2015	23.2 °C	668 mm	90
2014	32.3 °C15 October 2014	15.6 °C14 January 2014	22.8 °C	470 mm	47
2013	32.8 °C5 March 2013	14.8 °C16 July 2013	22.6 °C	822 mm	63
2012	32.7 °C3 March 2012	14.0 °C2 January 2012	23.0 °C	486 mm	78
2011	34.3 °C11 February 2011	15.7 °C29 June 2011	23.1 °C	576 mm	72
2010	32.3 °C11 October 2010	14.6 °C16 August 2010	22.8 °C	533 mm	37
2009	32.6 °C22 March 2009	16.0 °C11 January 2009	23.0 °C	410 mm	66
2008	32.4 °C30 October 2008	14.1 °C9 July 2008	22.5 °C	451 mm	39
2007	32.7 °C25 September 2007	15.4 °C23 September 2007	22.6 °C	420 mm	40
2006	32.6 °C18 February 2006	15.0 °C20 August 2006	22.6 °C	803 mm	36
2005	33.3 °C2 March 2005	14.9 °C10 July 2005	22.7 °C	576 mm	53
2004	31.5 °C21 March 2004	14.3 °C6 July 2004	22.5 °C	508 mm	34
2003	32.8 °C23 February 2003	14.8 °C14 January 2003	22.6 °C	447 mm	67
2002	31.0 °C16 February 2002	14.3 °C23 July 2002	22.3 °C	658 mm	17
2001	31.5 °C4 March 2001	14.5 °C13 July 2001	22.3 °C	496 mm	30
2000	32.7 °C29 February 2000	14.9 °C21 February 2000	22.3 °C	369 mm	41
1999	32.6 °C10 February 1999	15.2 °C5 July 1999	22.1 °C	610 mm	32
1998	31.3 °C23 February 1998	14.9 °C1 July 1998	22.1 °C	812 mm	17
1997	32.7 °C7 March 1997	15.2 °C16 July 1997	22.4 °C	809 mm	49
1996	32.2 °C22 February 1996	14.0 °C4 August 1996	22.2 °C	504 mm	23
1995	31.6 °C21 October 1995	13.9 °C22 August 1995	22.1 °C	553 mm	14
1994	31.8 °C13 March 1994	14.2 °C11 September 1994	22.3 °C	668 mm	36
1993	31.6 °C22 March 1993	13.4 °C2 September 1993	21.7 °C	660 mm	11
1992	32.1 °C28 March 1992	13.9 °C7 October 1992	21.9 °C	469 mm	25
1991	32.4 °C23 March 1991	13.7 °C5 August 1991	21.9 °C	570 mm	31
1990	30.6 °C16 October 1990	13.4 °C27 June 1990	21.6 °C	733 mm	6
1989	30.9 °C22 October 1989	13.0 °C21 June 1989	21.4 °C	868 mm	6
1988	33.3 °C17 March 1988	14.8 °C13 December 1988	22.2 °C	725 mm	44
1987	32.3 °C5 March 1987	13.8 °C13 July 1987	22.4 °C	424 mm	47
1986	31.9 °C14 March 1986	13.6 °C9 August 1986	21.7 °C	948 mm	23
1985	31.9 °C16 February 1985	13.7 °C8 June 1985	21.5 °C	799 mm	8
1984	32.5 °C16 February 1984	14.3 °C30 June 1984	21.9 °C	605 mm	26
1983	31.8 °C6 April 1983	14.1 °C9 January 1983	22.3 °C	616 mm	32
1982	32.0 °C3 March 1982	13.9 °C5 August 1982	21.7 °C	884 mm	10
1981	32.1 °C6 October 1981	13.5 °C19 June 1981	21.8 °C	911 mm	23
1980	32.6 °C17 October 1980	13.6 °C25 July 1980	22.0 °C	665 mm	36
1979	31.1 °C12 October 1979	14.7 °C25 August 1979	21.2 °C	1,055 mm	9
1978	30.6 °C20 March 1978	13.4 °C29 August 1978	21.3 °C	899 mm	3
1977	31.7 °C23 October 1977	13.2 °C25 August 1977	21.6 °C	1,367 mm	11
1976	30.6 °C22 March 1976	13.6 °C22 August 1976	21.5 °C	810 mm	7
1975	31.4 °C14 March 1975	13.9 °C17 December 1975	21.8 °C	488 mm	20
1974	31.2 °C27 February 1974	13.6 °C30 July 1974	21.5 °C	680 mm	11
1973	32.6 °C17 March 1973	13.6 °C2 July 1973	22.2 °C	509 mm	48
1972	31.7 °C19 October 1972	13.8 °C28 July 1972	21.9 °C	656 mm	20
1971	32.1 °C13 February 1971	13.9 °C6 August 1971	21.6 °C	615 mm	34
1970	30.9 °C26 February 1970	12.3 °C18 September 1970	21.7 °C	667 mm	11
1969	31.0 °C4 September 1969	13.2 °C22 August 1969	21.5 °C	577 mm	11
1968	32.4 °C29 January 1968	13.2 °C21 September 1968	21.2 °C	1,106 mm	26
1967	32.7 °C24 March 1967	13.8 °C29 July 1967	21.8 °C	631 mm	37
1966	32.4 °C15 February 1966	14.1 °C29 July 1966	21.9 °C	619 mm	11
1965	30.8 °C25 February 1965	12.9 °C28 June 1965	21.5 °C	644 mm	10
1964	31.2 °C24 February 1964	12.6 °C29 June 1964	21.2 °C	891 mm	5
1963	29.7 °C20 October 1963	13.2 °C28 July 1963	21.3 °C	967 mm	0
1962	30.3 °C23 September 1962	13.8 °C13 August 1962	21.4 °C	648 mm	4
1961	30.4 °C10 February 1961	13.6 °C5 January 1961	21.9 °C	870 mm	8
1960	30.8 °C22 February 1960	13.4 °C26 July 1960	21.6 °C	718 mm	13
1959	31.8 °C20 October 1959	12.7 °C10 August 1959	21.8 °C	622 mm	17
1958	30.7 °C14 March 1958	13.6 °C25 September 1958	21.6 °C	679 mm	4
1957	30.0 °C4 October 1957	13.3 °C9 January 1957	21.3 °C	879 mm	1
1956	32.0 °C23 September 1956	14.1 °C16 July 1956	21.4 °C	714 mm	17
1955	30.3 °C6 March 1955	14.0 °C15 July 1955	21.5 °C	575 mm	7
1954	30.8 °C22 October 1954	14.1 °C21 June 1954	21.4 °C	652 mm	2
1953	29.9 °C9 October 1953	14.2 °C5 July 1953	20.7 °C	1,340 mm	0
1952	30.6 °C17 September 1952	14.1 °C31 August 1952	21.0 °C	972 mm	6
1951	30.8 °C1 October 1951	14.4 °C5 August 1951	21.1 °C	1,280 mm	6
1950	30.4 °C4 October 1950	14.0 °C19 August 1950	21.0 °C	938 mm	3
1949	32.7 °C8 February 1949	13.4 °C31 July 1949	21.6 °C	715 mm	15
1948	30.8 °C23 September 1948	14.5 °C3 January 1948	21.1 °C	811 mm	2
1947	29.8 °C25 September 1947	13.7 °C18 September 1947	20.9 °C	1,116 mm	0
1946	34.0 °C28 February 1946	14.2 °C17 July 1946	22.3 °C	417 mm	65
1945	30.9 °C22 October 1945	13.9 °C30 July 1945	21.6 °C	395 mm	11
1944	33.5 °C21 February 1944	12.6 °C11 July 1944	21.9 °C	504 mm	40
1943	31.6 °C22 March 1943	13.9 °C18 July 1943	21.9 °C	310 mm	35
1942	31.0 °C1 October 1942	13.5 °C3 August 1942	21.8 °C	383 mm	16
1941	32.8 °C24 March 1941	14.3 °C11 August 1941	21.8 °C	919 mm	37
1940	30.3 °C19 September 1940	14.9 °C8 February 1940	21.5 °C	818 mm	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+51

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

386 mm

-293 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	+2.0 °C	28 mm	-27 mm
Feb	30.6 °C	+2.0 °C	10 mm	-29 mm
Mar	30.1 °C	+1.3 °C	62 mm	-16 mm
Apr	28.7 °C	+1.1 °C	111 mm	-30 mm
May	28.4 °C	+1.7 °C	36 mm	-11 mm
Jun	27.1 °C	+1.0 °C	5 mm	+0 mm
Jul	26.2 °C	+0.6 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Aug	26.1 °C	-0.1 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Sep	29.4 °C	+1.5 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	+0.8 °C	30 mm	-7 mm
Nov	28.2 °C	+1.8 °C	44 mm	-119 mm
Dec	28.2 °C	+2.1 °C	52 mm	-56 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.5 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.2 °C

6 Sep 2025

Wettest day

12.8 mm

26 Mar 2025

Windiest day

22.0 km/h

16 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

19 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.8 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.7 °C

7 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

3 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mwingi?

Mwingi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 679 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mwingi?

The hottest day measured in Mwingi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2011, reaching 34.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mwingi?

The coldest day measured in Mwingi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1970, at 12.3 °C.

Does it snow in Mwingi?

Almost never: Mwingi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Mwingi warmed?

Yes: Mwingi warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mwingi?

The wettest day measured in Mwingi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1986, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mwingi?

The windiest day measured in Mwingi between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2020, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mwingi?

The warmest month in Mwingi is March (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Mwingi?

Mwingi receives on average 679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mwingi?

Mwingi gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mwingi?

Yes: Mwingi has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mwingi?

In Mwingi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 8 March 2016, and the lowest was 10.3 °C on 29 June 1964.

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